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Category Archives: Modeling.
A Physics Teacher’s Strongman Trick
Strongman tricks often involve seemingly impossible tasks like bending iron bars, lifting gigantic weights, or pulling trains with your teeth. This “teacher trick” doesn’t take great strength to impress. Using a clever arrangement of a mirror and a laser, students … Continue reading
WHITEBOARDING TECHNIQUES (To promote a good classroom environment and possibly, inquiry)
A brief description of the ways I have used whiteboards to promote discussions in the modeling physics classroom. Continue reading
Posted in Labs, Modeling., Teaching Ideas, Uncategorized, Whiteboarding
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The First Day of School: Marshmallows and Spaghetti
I have used this as a first-day activity for several years. Students walk in, and sit in groups of three or four assigned for them. The groups are given a large marshmallow, 20 sticks of spaghetti, about a meter of masking … Continue reading
Posted in about teaching and learning, Modeling., Uncategorized
Tagged modeling instruction, physics, teaching
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